Arnie "Woo Woo" Ginsburg's Night Train Show, Volume 2: Solid COLD Woo Woo for You You - Morse Code of Love!

BOOTH ANNOUNCER GARY OWENS:

...and the cow was returned to its rightful owner.

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  THE  

  NIGHT TRAIN  

  SHOW  

 WITH 

 ARNIE  

 "WOO WOO" 

  GINSBURG  

on the station that's #1 for music and fun - S-P-M-M!

COLD OPEN:

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"Little Bitty Girl" - Bobby Rydell

(Mar./Apr. 1960, highest chart pos. #19 Hot 100/#43 Cash Box)

From Philly, PA - that was teen idol Bobby Rydell kicking-off the show with

"Little Bitty Girl," the B side of his 1960 top 3 charting hit single "Wild One."

The record was a doublesider because "Little Bitty Girl" cracked the top 20.

It's a frantic friendly Friday in Beantown

and I'm Arnie Ginsburg - The Woo Woo

(CHOO-CHOO WHISTLE) for you-you.

Welcome to The Night Train Show

on WMEX in Boston Mass, with simul-

casts on YouTube and on sister station

S-P-M-M -- Retrosonic Radio. This is

another special SOLID COLD edition.

Every record on tonight's program has a

cold open aka a cold intro. In the late 50s

to mid 60s when my "Wimex" show was

big in Beantown, many if not most 45s

had cold intros. I'm all set to bring you

the tops in pops, so don't touch that dial.

Up next, The Duprees. In the fall of 1962 their debut single "You Belong To Me"

brushed the top 5. From the Wim-ex Tune-dex, here's the group's follow-up.

It's another great sound and another hit that peaked in the top 15 at the

end of the year. The Duprees-- "My Own True Love!" 

"My Own True Love" - The Duprees

(Dec. 1962, highest chart pos. #13 Hot 100/#16 Cash Box) 

You just heard the fabulous Duprees, the Italian-American vocal quintet

from Jersey City, performing their second hit single "My Own True Love."

If the tune sounds familiar, it's because the melody is "Tara's Theme"

from the soundtrack of the epic 1939 film Gone With The Wind. 

Checkin' the Wimex "Don't be late for

your date on a Friday night (CUCKOO)

cuckoo time," it's 8:05. You're listening

to Old Leather Lungs, Arnie Ginsburg,

on Boston's Big X and S-P-M-M... the

station with personality. Here now are

The Capris, the doo-wop vocal group

from Queens, New York, that scored

a top 3 hit in 1961 with "There's A

Moon Out Tonight." I think you'll

get the message that these guys

are terrific when you hear them

sing "Morse Code Of Love." 

"Morse Code Of Love" - The Capris (Jan. 1982 single) 

A keen sound in Beantown...

those are The Capris with

"Morse Code Of Love."

Believe it or nuts...

that record was made

in the early 80s, but it

brings back the authentic

doo-wop sound of the late 50s

and early 60's. "Morse Code

Of Love" is a popular play

on Oldies radio channels.

To this day, audiences and

DJs alike assume that it's

an unreleased gem of the

genre waxed by the original

Capris group decades earlier. 

Hey, wanna look your best for less? Make it over to your pal Mal's.

You'll love to shop where savings are tops... and Mal's tops them all. Remember,

Mal's clothes are the people's choice. Be sure to tell him Arnie Ginsburg sent you.

 I was at the hop at Surf Nantasket last Friday night with the Three D's

and I had a mess of requests for our hit commercial, all about

your pal Mal's at 1016 Great Plain Ave. in Needham. 

 So if you're all set, let's listen to yours truly, Old Achin' Adenoids, Arnie Ginsburg,

trying my best to sing along with Mal and The Three D's doing the "Pal Mal Rock!" 

"Pal Mal Rock" - The Three D's feat. Arnie Ginsburg 

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"Splish Splash" - Bobby Darin (June/July 1958, highest

chart pos. #2 Cash Box/#3 Hot 100, perf. on May 2, 1959,

episode of The Dick Clark Show aka Dick Clark's

Saturday Night Beechnut Show)

How can you lose with the platters I choose? Starting the second half

of the show, that was Bobby Darin in 1959 making a "Splish Splash"

with an exciting live performance on The Dick Clark Show.

If you noticed the teenagers in the studio audience chewing their cud,

you were reminded that the pop music program was also known

as Dick Clark's Saturday Night Beechnut Show.

A top 3 hit in 1958, "Splish Splash"

 is the song responsible for giving

Bobby Darin's recording career

a major boost. As you heard,

the lyrics mention characters

from other hit songs of the

50s including "Lollipop,"

"Peggy Sue" and "Good

Golly Miss Molly."

If you're just now

tuning in, this is

The Ginsburg-Go 

on Color Radio...

and here's one of the longest

lasting and most successful

R&B vocal groups of all time,

The Drifters. They've got the

 #12 sound in Good Guys town.

It's "Some Kind Of Wonderful!"

"Some Kind Of Wonderful" - The Drifters

(Apr./May 1961, highest chart pos. #6 R&B/#11 Cash Box/#32 Hot 100) 

Not to be confused with the 1967 hit

by the Soul Brothers Six, that was a

different song with the same title -

"Some Kind Of Wonderful" - this

one written by Gerry Goffin and

Carole King and first recorded by

The Drifters in 1961. That Drifters

single brushed the top 5 on the R&B

chart and made a run at the top 10 on

Cash Box. For some reason, it didn't

do as well on the Billboard Hot 100

chart, stopping short of the top 30. 

Arnie Ginsburg on WMEX and

S-P-M-M, your host up and down

the New England coast 7 nights

a week.  I'm gonna play this next

record just because - just because

I like it, just because it was a big

hit... and "Just Because" it's by

R&B great Lloyd Price!  

 

"Just Because" - Lloyd Price

(Mar.Apr. 1957, highest chart pos. #3 R&B,

#22 Cash Box/#29 Hot 100)

That was another SOLID COLD blast

from the past on the Ginsburg Show,

a rebound sound from the spring of

1957, Louisiana-born R&B singer

Lloyd Price with "Just Because."

Golly, that's all the time I have

for this second SOLID COLD

edition of my world famous

  NIGHT TRAIN  

  SHOW  

I hope you had fun.

I know I did.

Stick around. Coming up on the flip side of Gary Owens' news,

your rowdy rodent of the radio, Denny the Dell Rat, will be

here to bust your brain with another Mom & Pop Quiz

in his exclusive Shady's Place series

 DENNY THE DELL RAT 

 WANTS TO KNOW..... 

and I'll be back soon to spin more Wimex Winners here on

S-P-M-M... the station that's #1 for music and fun. 

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To sing us off, Neil Sedaka with "Oh! Carol," a song he wrote for Carole King,

and a big hit it was - reaching its zenith at number 5 around Christmas 1959.

Now this is Arnie "Woo Woo" Ginsburg saying so long and take care!

"Oh! Carol" - Neil Sedaka

(Nov./Dec. 1959, highest chart pos. #5 Cash Box/#9 Hot 100,

perf. on December 05, 1959, ep. of The Dick Clark Show

aka Dick Clark's Saturday Night Beechnut Show)

Oh! Carol

Salivating 74 Years of Service to the Blog World!

Hiya, I'm Brian Griffin!

As you recall, I'm a professional martooni taste tester.

(Lishen, I'm not as drunk as some thinkle peep I am.)

I am also the personable pooch from Family Guy

and a member of the DJ team on S-P-M-M

Retrosonic Radio here at Shady's Place.

Sorry about the typo in the title

of the post.  It should read 174

14 YEARS.

That's right!  This week,

Shady is observing his 

14th blogiversary! 

That figure includes 10 years as emcee of the old blog,

Shady Dell Music & Memories, and 4 years as the so-

called brains behind Shady's Place Music & Memories.

I shay this calls for a shalivation... and the gang's all here.

Well, some of them are here, because we only have time

for the traditional seven song salute. Without further

delay, let's start from scratch and get to the music

because I'm itchin' to dance with your leg.

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If you're a fan of my show Eclectic Avenue, then you know I love variety

(and Jerky Treats).  The original by Smokey Robinson And The Miracles

is still the greatest, but wait till you hear what I found, a cool rerecorded

version of Smokey's "More Love" released in the summer of 2015!

"More Love" (rerecorded) - The Miracles

(July/Aug. 2015, from albums Disco Hits, Disco Gold,

Disco Dance, Disco Heaven & Class A Soul Songs)

"The Woo Woo" is here for you you!

Hi everyone, this is Old Leather

Lungs... Old Aching Adenoids...

Arnie "Woo Woo" Ginsburg

from WMEX Boston, simulcasting

my famous Night Train Show

on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio.

Congrats to Shady Del Knight

on his fourteen years as a

member (in shady standing)

of the blogging community!

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To help Shady celebrate, here's

a song from my Wimex Tunedex.

It's the Brill Building Sound of Gene Pitney making a run

at the top 10 in the fall of 1964 with a song originally

intended for Neil Sedaka- "It Hurts To Be In Love!"

"It Hurts To Be In Love" - Gene Pitney

(Sept./Oct. 1964, highest chart pos. #7 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

A Doctor Donald D. Rosey good morning to you,

and happy 14 to Shady Del Knight! The Doctor's

in the house! I'm Dr. Don Rose, top 40 DJ at

"Quixie in Dixie," on loan to S-P-M-M here at

Shady's Place. I dropped by on this special day

to spin the kind of record you're likely to hear

on my Rose-Colored Glasses show, sounds

of the 60s that are good for what ails ya. In

1966, The Left Banke found fame thanks to

their top 5 hit "Walk Away Renee." In 1968

Motown's Four Tops covered the song and

scored a hit of their own, a record that

finished in the top 10 on Cash Box.

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Here they are, the mighty men of Motown, the Four Tops, with

one of the best covers of any song by anyone-- "Walk Away Renee!"

"Walk Away Renee" - Four Tops

(Feb./Mar. 1968, highest chart pos. #8 Cash Box,

#14 Hot 100/#15 R&B)

 HOWDY! 

 Hepcat Black's my name. 

 Hep music's my game. 

I'm a cool cool kitty, but let's get one thing straight
between us, Gus. I ain't from New York City!
On my S-P-M-M radio show Pink Cadillac
I play old school rock 'n' roll, R&R revival,
rockabilly, psychobilly, country, outlaw -
it's all good, understood

First off, happy 14 year blogiversary, Shady D! Now let's rock this

here roadhouse with a good old Texas boy named Moon Mullican,

a fella who earned the nickname King of the Hillbilly Piano Players.

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Here's Moon backed by Boyd Bennett And His Rockets with the original

recording of the classic rockabilly song "Seven Nights To Rock!"

"Seven Nights To Rock" - Moon Mullican

(Feb. 1956)

Hyski here - Hy Lit - The South Philadelphia Kid,

The Potentate of the Keystone State - veteran DJ

on Wibbage, WIBG, and the host of Natural Hy

on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio. Before I spin a

boss golden, I wanna give a shout out and props

aplenty to my good friend Shady Del Knight on

his 14 years of blogging. Way to go, man!

On Natural Hy, I play groovy greats of the 60s

and 70s with some 50s doo-wop occasionally

added to the mix. The epicenter of my show

is Philadelphia from the mid 60s through the

mid 70s, the sweet soul, psychedelic soul and

blue-eyed soul sounds that the kids danced to

in the studio on The Hy Lit Television Show.

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Here's a great example - Philly's very own Intruders with a

sound of the season-- "Love Is (just) Like a Baseball Game!"

"(Love Is Like A) Baseball Game" - The Intruders

(Aug. 1968, highest chart pos. #4 R&B,

#26 Hot 100/#41 Cash Box)

Hey, Vern! How's life been treatin' ya?

This here's yer old buddy, yer old pal

Ernest P. Worrell.

Ain't none of my beeswax, Vern, but looks like you got
somethin' caught in yer teeth there. Looks like Popeye
ain't the only one who's been eatin' his spinach!

Hey, Vern, guess what. Today Shady
Del Knight is celebrating the big 1-4.
No, he's not 14 years old, even tho

it sure seems like it sometimes.
I mean that he's been sharin' his
 music and memories with us for

14 years on two different blogs.

He deserves a great big attaboy.

Just a reminder, Vern. On my S-P-M-M show Rock-A-Billygoat, I spin

the best of rockabilly, early rock & roll, rock & roll revival, traditional

country & western and country-pop crossover. Now hold onto

yer hat, Vern, 'cause I got a dilly for you right cheer.

This boy and his band played everything from

rock & roll to R&B, folk, country, pop

and even psychedelic rock.

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In the late winter of 1969, the group scored a hit with this country

pop song. Here are Kenny Rogers And The First Edition

performing-- "But You Know I Love You!"

"But You Know I Love You" - Kenny Rogers And

The First Edition (Feb./Mar. 1969, highest chart pos.

#15 Cash Box, #18 U.S. Easy Listening/#19 Hot 100,

#9 Canada Easy Listening/#11 Canada, performance on

Dec. 8, 1968, ep. of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour)

Flashing back to late '68 and early '69, that was the late great Kenny Rogers
and his group The First Edition appearing on The Smothers Brothers

Comedy Hour and doing "But You Know I Love You," a single

that made the top 10 in Canada and the top 20 in the U.S.

Well, I'll be ding, Vern. We're

plumb outta time. Me and my

best buds need to skedaddle.

Hope you enjoyed this

anniversary bash we

threw to celebrate

Shady's 14 years

as a blogger.

Don't worry your head none, 'cause I'll be back in two shakes of a jiffy

with more toe tappin' tunes for your bobby sock high school hop,

your hillbilly hayride and your heartland hoedown.

Hey, this one's too cool for school, Vern.

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To play us off, Johnny Rivers and his cover of Chuck Berry's

"Memphis, Tennessee." Now for Brian, Arnie, Don, Hepcat

and Hy, this is Errnest P. sayin' don't take any wooden

nickels and don't do anything I wouldn't do...

know what I mean Vern?

"Memphis" - Johnny Rivers

(June/July 1964, highest chart pos. #2 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

The Night Train Show with Arnie "Woo Woo" Ginsburg - Volume 1: Solid COLD Woo Woo for You You!

BOOTH ANNOUNCER GARY OWENS:

...and the cow was returned to its rightful owner.

And that's the latest from S-P-M-M news...
fast, up-to-the-minute, completely fake
and proud of it. Now stand by for

 THE 

 NIGHT TRAIN SHOW  

 WITH 

 ARNIE 

  "WOO WOO" 

 GINSBURG 

on the station that's #1 for music and fun - S-P-M-M!

COLD OPEN:

CLICK TO START VIDEO NOW!

"Tallahassee Lassie" - Freddy Cannon

(June/July 1959, highest chart pos. #6 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

Brushing the top 5 in the summer of 1959, that was Boston's

own rock & roll legend Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon doing

his exciting debut single "Tallahassee Lassie," a song released

the following year on the album The Explosive! Freddy Cannon.

It's a frantic friendly Friday in Beantown

and I'm Arnie Ginsburg - The Woo Woo

(CHOO-CHOO WHISTLE) for you-you. Welcome aboard the The Night Train

Show on WMEX in Boston Mass.

For my first simulcast on YouTube

and on S-P-M-M Retro Radio, I'm

presenting a special Solid COLD

edition. Every record I play from

now on until the end of the show

has a cold open aka a cold intro.

Why? Because, in the late 50s

through mid 60s, when my

"Wimex" show was on the

air, many of the records

that made the top 40

had cold intros.

I'm all set to spin the tops in pops... so don't touch that dial.

The Night Train's next stop is the stage of the TV show Shindig!

 That's where we find Jay And The Americans, the fine group

from Queens, New York, set to do one of their biggest hits.

From The Woo Woo to you-you, this is-- "Cara Mia!"

"Cara, Mia" - Jay And The Americans

(July 1965, highest chart pos. #4 Hot 100 & Cash Box,

perf. on July 28, 1965, ep. of Shindig!)

That was "Cara, Mia," this week's number four score on the

Wimex Tunedex, the latest from Jay And The Americans

featuring Jay Black, their second lead singer, a man

nicknamed "The Voice." After hearing him croon

that tune, you know why.

I'm Arnie Ginsburg, and they nicknamed

me "Old Leather Lungs" and "Old Achin' Adenoids." You're hearing things on

WMEX Boston - 1510 on your radio

dial - and simulcasting on our sister

station S-P-M-M. Let me remind

you that every platter on tonight's

program is served COLD, meaning

that it has a cold open, so bundle up

and get ready to hear more top 40

gems hand plucked by yours truly

from the Good Guy survey. Here

comes another great one, a biggie

by Bobby Vee. Now that you've

won her heart and taken her

away, Bobby pleads to you--

"Take Good Care Of My Baby!"

"Take Good Care Of My Baby" - Bobby Vee

(Aug./Sept. 1961, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

From 1961, that was "Take Good Care Of My Baby," a number one smash

by Bobby Vee who was fabulous no matter if he was singing rock & roll,

rockabilly or pop. Bobby's career was born The Day The Music Died

when rock & roll legend Buddy Holly was killed in a plane crash

on the way to a gig, and Bobby and his band filled-in at the last

minute. In a fateful decision, Dion DiMucci, one of the show's

headliners, decided not to take that doomed flight.

In case you forgot, I'm Arnie Ginsburg,

WOO WOO-ing you (TOOT TOOT!)

with the best sounds in Beantown.

I'm your man in the night, here to

satisfy your musical appetite.

We're smack dab in the middle

of a 7-in-a-row commercial free

cruise on The Night Train Show

coming to you from "The Big X"

in Boston and simulcasting on

S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio.

Now here's the Wimex Pick-to-Click

by a group called The Demilles, also

known as The Camerons. If they

sound like Dion & The Belmonts

it's because, singing bass on this

record, is Carlo Mastrangelo, an

original member of The Belmonts

with and without Dion DiMucci.

Listen to The Demilles and their

song about-- "Donna Lee!"

"Donna Lee" - The Demilles

(Feb. 1964, uncharted)

The Woo Woo here for you you on

S-P-M-M. While the others are

blabbin', I'm slabbin' - playing

the greatest records you ever

heard, plus the greatest records

you never heard. I just spun a

platter by The Demilles doing

their darndest to battle back

against the British Invasion

with a great homegrown sound,

a jumpin' retro-style doo-wop

ditty called "Donna Lee."

More music in a minute, but first,

check out the hit record I made

with the guys down at Adventure

Car Hop on Route 1 in Saugus!

 LISTEN TO ARNIE'S "GINSBURGER" SPOT 

 FOR ADVENTURE CAR HOP! 

It's The Ginsburg Go on Color Radio,

and the Wimex Tunedex don't be

late for your date on a Friday nite

(CUCKOO!) cuckoo time is 8:15.

I'm the Woo-Woo, Arnie Ginsburg, your

 host up and down the New England coast,

and this is The Night Train Show on

WMEX Boston and S-P-M-M... where

we go huntin' for the great sounds of

yesteryear and bring 'em back alive.

Our Million Dollar Weekend is just

getting started, and here's another

Solid COLD blast from the past.

From three years ago on the

Ginsburg Show, a rebound sound

from 1959. R&B man Lloyd Price

has an important announcement-- 

"I'm Gonna Get Married!"

"I'm Gonna Get Married" - Lloyd Price

(Sept. 1959, highest chart pos. #1 R&B/#2 Cash Box/#3 Hot 100)

You're tuned to 15-10 WMEX in Boston

town and beamed into your home on

S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio. We're

riding the Night Train and I'm your

conductor, Arnie Ginsburg, The Woo-

Woo. You just heard Looziana R&B

great Lloyd Price break the news

that he's gonna get married, a

chart-topper in the fall of '59.

Wedding bells were ringing

that same year for a guy

named Johnny Maestro.

Heeeer's Johnny with

his group The Crests

and-- "I Do!"

"I Do" - The Crests

(May/June 1959, B side of "Six Nights A Week")

From the Good Guys survey, that was Johnny Maestro and his group

The Crests with the B side of their 1959 record "Six Nights A Week,"

walking down the aisle of love and singing their vows on-- "I Do." 

When I get hitched I'm gonna say "I Woo!" (BICYCLE HORN)

Golly, that's all the time I have for this Solid COLD edition of my

Night Train Show. I hope you had a good time because I sure did.

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Stay tuned, coming up after Gary Owens

and the news, my good buddy Hy Lit

will be along with a special Solid Cold

edition of his show Natural Hy, and

I'll be back soon with more of my

Good Guy gold here on S-P-M-M...

the #1 station for a rock & roll nation.

To play us off, Rock & Roll Hall of

 Famer Duane Eddy and his twangy

guitar going top 3 on the chart in the

summer of '60 with the instrumental

theme from the Dick Clark movie

Because They're Young. Till next

time this is your pal on the radio,

Arnie "Woo Woo" Ginsburg,

 saying so long and take care!

"Because They're Young" - Duane Eddy

(June/July 1960, highest chart pos. #3 Cash Box/#4 Hot 100,

theme from Apr. 1960 film Because They're Young)